Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
I watched French auteur Robert Bresson's "Lancelot of the Lake" (1974), via NetFlix. Bresson's dour medieval drama opens with a montage depicting moments from the dogged, ruthless quest for the…
2046 (2004)
Last night, my wife and I saw, "2046" (2004), Wong Kar Wai's sequel to "In The Mood For Love" (2000) I feel wholly inadequate in trying to write about this…
Nil By Mouth (1997)
Last night, on DVD via Netflix: Gary Oldman's "Nil By Mouth" (1997).The movie exquisitely depicts a lower-class South London family's perpetual struggle with alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic abuse and...um...well that's…
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Last night, I saw "Sunset Boulevard", the latest film in the Motion Picture Academy's "Great To Be Nominated" film series, in which the Best Picture runners-up--Best Picture nominees that had…